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3 month old noob tells us that a pagan idol isn't a pagan idol
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Posted on 06/24/2023 2:53:43 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Triple Dog Dare You...
You seem to be really relishing the beat-down.
Your life will never be the same if you hang them up all around your house.
Then, maybe you’ll believe me about how evil these things are.
Well if NOOB - MoonlightMouse wants to take me up on his little proposition that these things are “innocent”, it’ll be very much like The Screwtape Letters for her.
Nice!
LOL...
“but are viewed as powerful beings who can bring goodness to the world through healing, fertility, protection, even rainfall.”
Precisely what an idol is
DeSantis?
sounds demonic to me
You’re wrong .. on both counts. But, you have me confused with someone who cares what you think. Do some research. Read more. Post less.
I’ve already done the research and can fill up the page documenting what I typed.
Good teaching format. I could relate to math and science better if I was given real world analogies and teachers who could show me how and why we need to learn such and such.
Don’t know if introduction to this stuff is beneficial to a child.
Why teach children this?
Yep. “David” was inspired by some random Italian guy named David who Michelangelo met at the local pizza parlor and just happened to be carrying a rock in one hand and a sling shot in the other, you know, just like the Biblical David but it was purely a coincidence because in Florence in those days, every guy named David was roaming around naked and with a rock in one hand and a sling shot in the other.
That’s the least offensive thing I’ve ever heard a school do.
The Hopi have a complex religion, and they use Kachina dolls to teach their children. Whites love to take such dolls as decorations, which is quite offensive to the Hopi.
I’m surprised that nobody has accused this teacher of “cultural appropriation”.
‘If teaching Christianity in not allowed in school, then teaching this needs to be forbidden as well.”
Exactly. But it won’t be forbidden as well. False gods don’t threaten Satan and his minions. It suits their agenda.
It is way past time to make public schools a thing of the past.
Had to do the same thing in 1980 or so in Colorado. We had a whole history section on NAs. Made a totem pole and even learned to dance and play the drums when some real deal Indians came to school to put on a Pow Wow for us. It was awesome. One of my favorite things about elementary school.
Not sure.
Where I grew up, my school was actually located on old native American campgrounds, so we learned about the native Americans who lived in that area. We learned about their history, culture, and even some of their religious beliefs.
The Hopi are not local to that region. Perhaps it was part of a larger unit?
I know when we were learning about Europe, we did a lot of different projects, one on each country. People would bring in food, traditional dress, etc. It was fascinating.
Can’t do that now in public schools; too many regulations.
Show me a pedo kachina or one that can turn its head all the way around and Ill be concerned.
I’d agree on differing cultures. I don’t know where the cut off is.
I was in a private Catholic School and we learned about the Missions in California and God but it was a religious school. When I went to public school I don’t remember any religion.
HS anthropology did go into belief systems and one teacher even brought in a mummy head from Egypt.
I bet you still remember most of what you learned in that unit. That learning is forever tied to the experience of seeing the mummy head.
I think people are more sensitive to what is being taught because Judeo-Christian faiths are under direct assault. We can learn about every other religion except those, it seems, otherwise some loon will scream indoctrination.
I think it is acceptable to learn about belief systems because they can shape culture. Further, in some circumstances, understanding the religious beliefs gives texture and context to a literary piece. Let’s be honest; if we strip the biblical underpinnings from Hawthorne’s The Scarlett Letter, we are left with a soap opera masquerading as transcendentalism.
Ultimately, it comes down to a complete loss of faith in our institutions. We don’t trust schools not to cross boundaries and simply teach anymore.
When I had a friend bring in his cache of medieval armor and weapons for part of a thematic unit on The Hero in literature, my skills class (comprised almost entirely of struggling teenage boys no one else wanted) acted like perfect angels. It helped that my friend was a strapping giant of a man who could deftly wield a broadsword. No one was absent that day and they treated me with a lot more respect afterwards.
I took a different route after college, quickly realizing I could earn a lot more in the private sector. Still, I used my education throughout my career, teaching others in various capacities. Not surprisingly, I used stories and thematic units even when teaching adults.
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